We had a '99 Cougar with the V6 & supposedly were hard on transmissions. I got on-line when ours was acting up & there was several write up mentioning a plastic piece on top of the motor that had something to do with the kick down. They were rebuilding trannies & the whole time it was that plastic piece. Real racket going.

It's been my experience that if the convertor's bad, the tranny is bad. I wonder what the reasoning is for questioning the convertor?

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